MSc in Shipping, Trade & Finance

MSc in Energy, Trade & Finance

Information Session

11 February 2014, 18.30

MSc programmes

Actuarial Science

Actuarial Management

Mathematical Trading & Finance

Quantitative Finance

Financial Mathematics

Real Estate

Real Estate Investment

Shipping, Trade & Finance

Energy, Trade & Finance

Management

Marketing Strategy &

Innovation

Global Supply Chain

Management

Finance

Corporate Finance

Investment Management

Banking & International Finance

International Accounting

& Finance

Real Estate Investment

Finance and Investment (pt only)

Insurance & Risk Management

SHIPPING, TRADE & FINANCE

ACTUARIAL FINANCE

QUANTITATIVE FINANCE

MANAGEMENT INSURANCE

REAL ESTATE

MSc programmes at Cass

Prof Nikos Nomikos

Director, MSc in Shipping, Trade & Finance

Prof Michael Tamvakis

Director, MSc in Energy, Trade & Finance

Why a Specialist Masters Programme?

City of London location

Largest concentration of risk/insurance

specialists in Europe

Internationally known Finance Faculty

• Research

• Teaching

• Consulting

• International dialogue

The Costas Grammenos International Centre

for Shipping, Trade and Finance The aims of the centre are...

To teach

To undertake research

To create a forum for international dialogue

The aim of the MSc programmes is to produce an informed, knowledgeable, flexible, personable, confident, networking decision maker, who can perform in an international business environment, under pressure and within time constraints.

The product

…and from many other backgrounds

Students come from...

Economics

Business

Politics

Management

Finance

Sociology

Shipping

Engineering

Mathematics

Physics

Classics

Law

History

Languages

The common denominator is...

1st or 2.1 degree

Will to work hard

Ambitions for a successful career

Some employers include...

SHIPPING

Maerskbulk

Stena RoRo

SSY

H-Clarksons

Bergesen

Tsakos Group

P&O Shipping

Frontline

Fearnleys

Toepfer & Co

ENERGY COMPANIES

Gazprom

Total

Chevron

Conoco-Phillips

Shell

RWE

E.ON

EDF

Lukoil

StatoilHydro

TRADING & MANUFACTURING

Cargill

Trafigura

Vitol

Armajaro

Corus

Mittal Shipping

CONSULTANCY

PWC

Accenture

KPMG

Drewry

Wood Mackenzie

Breamer Financial Services

BANKS

BarCap

Merrill Lynch

MorganStanley

NatWest Markets

CSFB

Den Norske Bank

Deutsche Bank

Goldman Sachs

HSBC

JP Morgan

SEB

Staff

Practitioners Academic Journals

Presented

in class

Alumni Employers

How is it done?

Teaching Research

Networking &

Forum for Dialogue

Teaching methods

Interaction of

Staff Lectures

Group work

Guest Speakers

Case Studies

First term

Programme structure

Int’l Economics (STF )

Energy Economics (ETF)

Man. Accounting

Quant. Methods

Princ. of Finance

Shipping Econ. (STF)

Oil & Energy Transp.

(ETF)

Fundamentals

Corporate Finance

Shipping Invest. & Fin (STF)

Oil & Energy Trading (ETF)

Financial Markets

Int’l Commodity Trade (STF)

Power Markets (ETF)

Critical thinking

RPMS/Business Plan

Advanced QM

Induction

Computing

QM

Finance &

Economics

Pre- sessional

Second term Third term

Specialisation

Elective 1

Elective 2

Elective 3

Elective 4

Elective 5

EITHER

Project

Elective1

OR

Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul

A selection of elective modules

Air Transport

Chartering

Commodity Derivatives & Trading

Econometric Modelling

Energy & Weather Derivatives

Energy Law

Energy Project Investment & Finance

Financial Derivatives

Marine Insurance

Shipping Law

Shipping Risk Management

Shipping Strategy

Trade Finance

Advanced Options Trading

Behavioural Finance

Consulting Skills

Ethics, Society and the Finance Sector

Hedge Funds

Islamic Finance

Mergers & Acquisitions

Project Finance

Strategic Management

Technical Analysis & Trading Systems

Main research themes

Risk modelling

Shipping risk

Commodity risk

Trading emissions

Shipping economics

Transport economics

Commodity trade

Shipping risk management

Shipping finance

Behavioural finance

Finance in logistics

Derivatives

…and many other journals and

…also presented at international conferences

Research published in...

Applied Economics

Energy Economics

Energy Policy

European Financial Management

Journal of Economic Studies

Journal of Futures Markets

Maritime Policy & Management

Transportation Research

A forum for international dialogue

1995 Looking towards the 21st c. from the City of London David Rowland (then Chairman, Lloyds of London), Lord Howe of Aberavon, Richard Lambert (Editor, Financial Times), Andrew Buxton (Chairman, Barclays Bank plc)

1996 The Onassis Legacy Stelios Papadimitriou (President of the Alexander S Onassis Foundation)

1997 Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economistsm Biennial Baltic Exchange Lecture Eric Shawyer (immediate past Chairman of the Baltic Exchange)

Lectures in international business

Roger Parsons

Managing Director,

Rea Bros Ltd

The Rt Hon Sir Michael Palliser

Former Chairman, Samuel Montagu

plc; Former Under Secretary and

Head of Diplomatic Service

Sir Graham Day

Advisor, Boston Consulting

Group; Chancellor of

Dalhousie University

Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach

Vice-Chairman,

Goldman Sachs International

Stelios Haji-Ioannou

Chairman, easyJet

Roy Leighton

Chairman, Crédit

Lyonnais Rouse

David Ord

Managing Director,

The Bristol Port Company

City of London biennial meetings

The First: “Before the Millennium - from the City of London” - 7th-

9th December 1999

The Second: “Competition and Innovation within a Global

Context” - 12th-13th December 2001

The Third: “World Economy & International Markets” - 4th-5th

November 2003

The Fourth: “Challenges, competition & innovation in a global

context” - 6th-7th December 2005

The Fifth: “Problems, challenges & prospects” - 18th-19th

November 2008

The Sixth: 8th-9th November 2010

The Seventh: 11th-12th November 2013

Getting on the right career path

skills sessions & workshops

Careers fairs

Interview preparation

CVs and applications

Assessment centres

Networking

Personal branding

Successful job hunting

Presentation skills

Working with recruitment agencies

Commercial awareness

Psychometric tests

Organisations who participated in the

Sept. 2013 MSc Careers Fairs

Organisations who participated in the

Sept. 2013 MSc Careers Fairs

Alumni activity

Links to MBA and MSc graduates across

all courses

Social and professional events (City

Connect, Annual Alumni Meetings)

Publications

International networking

Professional update seminars

Stelios Haji-Ioannou Scholarships

Applying

On line application

Good First Class or 2:1 degree

English proficiency (TOEFL/IELTS)

Two references (1 academic, 1 professional)

Original transcripts

Conditional/unconditional decisions made on a

rolling basis, within 3-4 weeks in most cases

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